Issue 9 : Colouring in the Lines

Colouring in the Lines

This time we take a look at the wonderfulness of combining different yarns in stranded knitting patterns, we visit some books on the subject, meet Felicity Ford’s KNITSONIK, learn about ways to spin gradient yarns and hear a little about inkle and card weaving.

Designer : Sarah Sipe The Fitzgerald Bricks Hat is named for Richard Fitzgerald, a brickmaker and African American business leader in the early days of Durham, NC. His bricks went into the construction of many famous buildings in…

by Sarah Sipe Gradients are everywhere these days – from the long, slow color changes in commercial yarns like Knit Picks Chroma and Freia Fine Handpaints, to indie dyers like North Carolina artists, local…

Designer : Donna Kay This project is a joint venture with Nancy Zeller of Longridge Farm. I proposed the idea of working with her fleece and utilizing her amazing dyeing talents and many, many moons later here we…

Designer : Lori Law Designed to dramatically contrast two hand-spun gradient yarns with its boldly-patterned yoke, this pullover also works up well in contrasting solid colours. It would look great in neutral tones, too. It is a pullover in the…

by Lori Law Owner: Rachel Brown Shop: http://www.porpoisefur.com/ Q: How did you decide to start an indie fiber business? I decided to start my own dyeing business in the summer of 2011. My training is as…

by Lori Law The Weaver’s Inkle Pattern Directory, Anne Dixon, Interweave Press, 2012. Hardboard, spiral bound, 173 pages. When I first received this book to review, I thought, gee. How interesting. I thought I…

by Lori Law I have one of those contraptions called a ‘circular sock machine’. Despite their ages being circa early 20th-century, in many cases, there are a lot of these machines still working today. I’m not going…